Many elderly persons suffer abuse and neglect from which they cannot escape. Questions concerning the extent of elder abuse, the kinds of abuse, and underlying factors associated with elder abuse in Texas were explored in a survey of professionals most likely to encounter elder abuse in their work. Questionnaires (1,508) were mailed to agencies…

The Test of Understanding in College Economics (TUCE) was delivered to a random sample of college students enrolled in 15 private and public institutions in Louisiana. The students took form A of the TUCE test before taking their first college course in economics and Form B of TUCE upon completing the course. Results showed that before taking a…

The extent of standardization in the award of continuing education units (CEUs) in Kentucky was studied. A questionnaire was mailed to University of Kentucky program offices, the five regional universities and Kentucky State University, the University of Louisville, and the 13 community colleges. The response rate averaged 71 percent. Fifteen…

A comparison of full-day, alternate-day (FDAD) and half-day, every-day (HDED) kindergartens in Iowa assessed instructional time; congruence between goals and outcomes; and principal, teacher, and pupil attitudes. Findings were gathered from surveys of school administrators and teachers, as well as from questionnaires sent to directors of early…

To become an adequate educational facility, the school plant must be designed to house, promote, and enhance an educational program. As the community's educational needs change the program changes. Facilities should, therefore, be planned for change as well. While local administrators must be responsible for assessing changes in the community,…

This document summarizes state submissions and provides a national overview of water quality as requested in Section 305(b) of the 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments (P.L. 92-500). This report provides the first opportunity for states to summarize their water quality and to report to EPA and Congress. Chapters of this report deal…

Junior and senior high school English department heads in Massachusetts were surveyed as part of a project to provide a clearer picture of the extent and diversity of the department head's role and responsibilities, to offer recommendations to make the job more manageable and satisfying, and to provoke discussion and positive action. Separate…

This document is the first in a series of ten related works investigating the experience of New York State in the implementation of performance based teacher education (PBTE) and consists of preliminary data gathering efforts to describe the persons applying for individual assessment for certification and a survey to determine their receptivity to…

This document is a synthesis and summary of five reports investigating the experience of New York State in the implementation of competency based teacher education. The document presents: (1) background information that determined the basis for the study; (2) description of project development procedures; (3) intervening variables encountered as…

This document examines three process environment factors (communications networks, morale of consortia members, and teacher's union attitudes) and their influence on the responses of educational institutions to a New York State Department of Education mandate on performance based teacher education (PBTE). In studying the communications networks,…

This monograph examines the causes of student disruption and proposes some practical solutions, based on the work of Maryland's 1975 Task Force on Educational Programs for Distruptive Youth. Primary purpose of the Maryland task force was to identify appropriate programs for young people who cannot function in the contemporary school setting. To…

The first phase of a four-phase needs assessment study of children's services in West Virginia is reported at length in this document. (The remaining three phases are also briefly described.) In this first phase of the study, the efforts of other states in providing children's services were surveyed, relevant literature was reviewed, and…

Researchers examined Massachusetts voters' reactions to Proposition 2 1/2--which severely restricts local governments' ability to raise money for local public services--through a statewide telephone survey of 1,561 household heads in 58 towns. Data were gathered on each respondent's vote on the proposition, sex, age, education, occupation, income,…

Male Illinois high school principals agree that Title IX has little effect on most nonacademic areas but a fairly substantial effect on the provision of sex equity in athletics, while female principals find Title IX more effective in all areas than do males. This information came from responses to a 13-item Likert-type questionnaire sent to 310…